---
title:  history
---

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Show or save the command history.

This history can be saved to a file which can also be used as a script later.

A history of commands that have been executed successfully is also logged in `.gfsh.history` file in the home directory of the user running gfsh.

**Availability:** Online or offline.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
history [--file=<history text file>]
```

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| Name    | Description                                              | Default Value |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| \\-\\-file  | File to which the history is to be saved.                |               |
| \\-\\-clear | When set to `true`, clears the history of gfsh commands. | false         |

<span class="tablecap">Table 1. History Parameters</span>

**Example Commands:**

``` pre
history
history --file=./mycommands.gfsh;
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>history --file=./mycommands.gfsh
Wrote successfully to file ./mycommands.gfsh
```


